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Progress and Value of CERC to the Virgin Islands 2007-2012

Explore the collaborative and research achievements of the Center for Excellence in Research and Community (CERC) in the Virgin Islands from 2007 to 2012. Discover the outcomes, contributions, and impact on science, knowledge, and community health.

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Progress and Value of CERC to the Virgin Islands 2007-2012

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  1. Progress and Value of CERC to the Virgin Islands 2007-2012 October 18, 2012 Gloria B. Callwood, PhD, RN FAAN, Edith Ramsay-Johnson, EdD, RN, Desiree Bertrand, MSN, RN, La Verne Ragster, PhD, Doris W Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN

  2. Center Structure • Center funded by NIH NIMHD • 5 year funding from NIMHD after 3 year research capacity building grant • Organized into four Cores • Administrative • Research • Research Education Training and Mentoring • Community outreach • Functions with a Collaborative Model with researchers from research intensive universities

  3. Collaborative Structure

  4. Same Time Synchronous Different Time Asynchronous Same Place Co-located Different Place Remote

  5. Outcomes • Five years of this collaborative relationship has resulted in: • Partnerships and cooperative relationships with community agencies/organizations • Territorial Hospitals • Department of Health • Federally Qualified Health Centers • Hope, Inc • Family Resource Center

  6. Outcomes: Dissemination • Podium and poster presentations at professional conferences • local, • National, • International • Publications • Samples of poster presentations and published articles are on display

  7. Contributions to the University and Community • Mentoring of students and community research scholars • Outreach to the community to share health related information, materials and forums on research outcomes • Employment opportunities for students and community health professionals

  8. Contributions to science and knowledge • Annual Health Disparities Institutes • Digitalization of the Heckler Report outcome of 2010 Institute • Development and implementation of Health Disparities course

  9. Research Core • Oversight of Studies related to: • diabetes (3), women’s health (1), • breast cancer (1), men’s health (1), • Human Papilloma Virus (1), mental health (1), • Human Immune Virus (1), Intimate partner abuse (1), • women and girl abuse after a disaster (1), Homicide (1), multiple myeloma (1), • Brief Risk Factor Surveillance Survey analysis (BRFSS) (1) • Climate change and public health (1)

  10. Research Core • Funded Pilot studies • Issued calls for proposals • Reviewed proposals for substance • Facilitated Institutional Review Board and NIMHD assessment of safeguards to protect human subjects • Three pilots currently in process related to: • Diabetes • Mental Health • Obesity

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